On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:31:48 -0400 cga2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 06:01:56PM EDT, Mark Grieveson wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 13:01 -0400, cga2000 wrote: > > > Has anybody gotten direct rendering to work with the legacy mach64 > > > Rage Pro Mobility card .. with the etch version of Xorg? > > > > > > The ATI web site does not provide drivers for this antique so I'll > > > have to use the one that's provided with Xorg. > > > > > > $ lspci > > > > > > [..] ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64) > > > > I did manage to get this working with a former linux kernel image of > > Etch, but I've had no luck with the more recent kernel image of Etch. > > Would that be 2.4.27? > > That's what I'm running on sarge. > > > Anyway, how I did get it working was by installing a driver from > > http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/ > > > > Specifically, I installed this: > > > > http://dri.freedesktop.org/snapshots/mach64-20060403-linux.i386.tar.bz2 > > > > It has an easy to use install script. > > Sounds familiar .. I remember running a script that made everything > very simple. > > But I need a recent 2.6 kernel in etch for other purposes. > > Currently, I'm at 2.6.20. > I don't think that the old snapshot still compiles (it's very old). The new driver available through git access is too new for the X drivers provided with etch (or sid). They require also build X or at least mesa from source. When debian finally catches up it will be possible again. > Thanks much, > cga > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
